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By Premiere Networks May 7, 2021 JASON: I served in the 115th, in which Chairman Virginia Foxx was controlling the Ed. and Workforce Committee. We were doing great things on career and technical education, the Perkins Bill, trying to get higher ed. to get some skin in the game on these student loans. Why, my seatmate on that very committee could very well be the next chairwoman of the House Republican Conference -- and especially, it could be a majority conference in the next Congress. Joining...

Adam Kovacevich, a former Democratic Hill aide, is CEO of the Chamber of Progress. In 2018, white supremacist Jared Taylor sued Twitter. Taylor—a man who openly and repeatedly advocated for "a majority-white nation" — had been banned from the platform for abusive content, a ban his lawyers called "viewpoint discriminatory."  One law empowered Twitter to stop Taylor from spreading hate: Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Section 230 has become a punching bag for Democrats and Re...

This is an op-ed by Steven Hill, former policy director at the Center for Humane Technology and author of seven books. He wrote this for InsideSources.com. Click here for an another view on this topic. The mob attack on the U.S. Capitol was incited and planned over Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other digital media platforms, with a tragic nudge from the president of the United States. The gripping presence of gunshots and cowering Congress members inside the “People’s House” is a warning...

Commentary: Will Duffield - Repealing Section 230 would limit Americans speech Will Duffield FacebookTwitterEmail Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act prevents digital intermediaries from being treated as the “publisher or speaker” of their users’ speech and blocks litigation over platforms’ decisions to remove speech they deem violent, obscene or otherwise objectionable. Platforms are under no obligation to remove speech, with some exceptions, but cannot be required to carry s...

For a long time, social media giants have evaded any responsibility regarding content on their platforms. It has enabled malicious actors to spread misinformation and hate speech with little to no consequences. While all social media platforms self-moderate the contents, many escape scrutiny to reach thousands of users. The storming of the US Capitol by pro-Trump supporters on January 6 was one great example of how things could go wrong. Many supporters of US President Donald Trump, who attende...

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HEADLINES & GLOBAL NEWS By   Dec 31, 2020 07:38 AM EST Senator Mitch McConnell effectively renounced any change that Congress would increase the amount of stimulus checks to $2,000 prior to President Donald Trumps exit from office. He stated there was "no realistic path" for the Senate to pass a stand-alone bill. McConnell Dashes Hopes For $2,000 COVID-19 Relief Majority leader McConnell affirmed on Wednesday that lawmakers would merely consider an omnibus bill that involved the $2,000 che...

McConnell again blocks $2K stimulus checks, says standalone bill has no realistic path Christal Hayes, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell again blocked quick passage of a bill to increase coronavirus stimulus payments to $2,000, arguing the measure has "no realistic path to quickly pass the Senate."  The Kentucky Republican said the only path forward is to combine the increased stimulus payments with two contentious policies that President ...

McConnell objected to a request by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to unanimously pass the House bill, which passed that chamber earlier this week, that would increase the stimulus payments from $600 to $2,000. He objected to a similar request made by Schumer the day prior and instead introduced a bill that combined the three key policies, though a vote hasnt been officially scheduled on the proposal.  Senate Republicans had for months urged limiting the size of the aid payments,...

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK), a longtime ally of President Donald Trump, pointedly broke with the president this week after Trump formally recognized Moroccan sovereignty in the Western Sahara Desert.Inhofe, who has long had ties with the West Sahara's Polisario Front liberation movement, was furious that...